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NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

QWO · 13 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

West Yorkshire was the largest of England's 36 integrated care boards by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 7,872,799 items dispensed, up 3.7% on a year earlier.

7,872,799items

Dispensed in April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£65,809,864

Net ingredient cost, April 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. West Yorkshire: national prescribing items by month

0 4.3m 8.7m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 avg ICB 7,872,799 May 2022: 5.7m Jun 2022: 5.5m Jul 2022: 5.5m Aug 2022: 5.6m Sep 2022: 5.9m Oct 2022: 5.8m Nov 2022: 6m Dec 2022: 5.9m Jan 2023: 5.9m Feb 2023: 5.4m Mar 2023: 6.2m Apr 2023: 5.5m May 2023: 6m Jun 2023: 6.1m Jul 2023: 5.9m Aug 2023: 6.2m Sep 2023: 6m Oct 2023: 6.3m Nov 2023: 6.2m Dec 2023: 6m Jan 2024: 6.5m Feb 2024: 6m Mar 2024: 6.1m Apr 2024: 6.6m May 2024: 6.9m Jun 2024: 6.5m Jul 2024: 7.3m Aug 2024: 7m Sep 2024: 6.9m Oct 2024: 7.7m Nov 2024: 7.2m Dec 2024: 7.4m Jan 2025: 7.7m Feb 2025: 6.8m Mar 2025: 7.4m Apr 2025: 7.6m May 2025: 7.9m Jun 2025: 7.6m Jul 2025: 8.4m Aug 2025: 7.6m Sep 2025: 8m Oct 2025: 8.7m Nov 2025: 7.7m Dec 2025: 8.5m Jan 2026: 8.2m Feb 2026: 7.5m Mar 2026: 8.4m Apr 2026: 7.9m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in West Yorkshire, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in West Yorkshire, April 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 531,966 £495,543
Lansoprazole 290,847 £352,791
Amlodipine 279,435 £228,203
Ramipril 258,816 £505,544
Levothyroxine sodium 257,647 £343,246
Sertraline hydrochloride 216,980 £446,642
Bisoprolol fumarate 197,075 £527,926
Omeprazole 191,583 £465,382
Metformin hydrochloride 182,585 £412,794
Colecalciferol 164,487 £744,304
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 125,381 £141,129
Aspirin 125,120 £362,794
Losartan potassium 110,143 £101,231
Citalopram hydrobromide 101,452 £95,746
Salbutamol 99,461 £331,137

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in West Yorkshire (13 total).